Poker Stars Poker Room – What’s All The Rave About?
Poker Stars, behind Party Poker, and ahead of the Poker Network is the second largest Online poker card room on the Internet. It is also the largest poker tournament Web site in the world. In 2005, eGaming Review named Poker Stars the Best Poker Operator of the Year.
There are a few reasons why Poker Stars ranks so high among Online poker providers.
Poker Stars is most well known for contributing the 2003 and 2004 champions to the World Series of Poker through satellite tournaments. In 2003, Chris Moneymaker became a millionaire in the series and in 2004, Greg Fossilman Raymer did the same. These two are now the spokespeople for the Web site and play regularly on the site. 2005 World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem is also a regular player on the site.
Poker Stars sponsors a stop on the World Poker Tour called the Caribbean Poker Adventure and is also the principal sponsor of the European Poker Tour.
Poker Stars was launched in 2001 and is owned by a Costa Rican company called Rational Enterprises. With a market value of approximately $3 billion U.S. the company is one of the...